TOPICS > Nation > memorial day. Nearly 500,000 military personnel died during the U.S. Civil War. Thatâs almost half of all Americans who have ever died during wartime, and more than a hundred times more than died during the American Revolution, according to the latest estimates from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Coca-Cola (KO) owns Dasani and PepsiCo (PEP) owns the Aquafina line of bottled water. But they are running into a problem -- selling bottled water isn't very profitable, and there is a deeply competitive market responding quickly to shifting consumer tastes.
But bottled waterâs popularity may have reached its peak -- in 2008, there was a 3.8% decline in bottled water revenues, the first in a decade. In fact, about 25% of bottled water is simply purified tap water, including two of the most popular brands, Aquafina and Dasani.